About The Association

TAG: The Professional Association of Lecturers in Youth and Community Work is a member organisation that represents the interests of
academics, educators and researchers in the field of youth and community work. The association supports and represents in excess
of 200 educators at over 50 institutions and agencies in the UK. We seek to promote an informed understanding of youth and community
work in the UK, and across the Globe, through connecting our membership through conferences, events and sector activity.

The Association has its roots in the emergence of youth and community work as a distinct profession in the UK and we often refer to
ourselves as TAG, in recognition of the former 'Training Agencies Group' that enabled the development of many youth and community
work education programmes in the UK dating back to the 1970's. TAG itself was formally superseded by the Professional Association
of Lecturers in Youth and Community Work in 2010 but recognition of TAG is retained in the legal title of the Association and is
used interchangeably by members in referring to the Association.

The Association has a particular function in supporting the teaching of professionally qualifying awards, however, we welcome interest
in the Association from academics, educators and researchers working in the field of youth and community work across the UK and
our membership categories reflect the diversity of our membership. You can find out more about membership and engaging with the
Association via the 'Connect' menu at the top of this page and we welcome new interest in membership from educators, academics
and researchers in the UK and overseas.

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Purpose and Constitution

Discover more about our purpose and constitution; including how we work to support and promote the work of our members.

Directors & Officers

The Association is served by a team of directors and office holders. Meet the team and read more about their areas of responsibility.

News

We publish regular news articles on this website that are also circulated to members via JISCMail and a monthly newsletter.

Contact Information

If you have any questions or would like to get in touch, we would like to hear from you. You can post a message via this website or call us.

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